Re: [android-developers] Re: Droid requires specific permission to read GMail attachments ???

2010-05-03 Thread Mark Murphy
> And NOW, I am forced to include that exotic private READ_GMAIL > permission to my Manifest. Ah. My apologies. Not sure what to tell you about that, other than to perhaps file an issue on b.android.com. > > Kevin > > On 4 mai, 00:43, Kevin Gaudin wrote: >> I just declared a default view intent

[android-developers] Re: Droid requires specific permission to read GMail attachments ???

2010-05-03 Thread Kevin Gaudin
And NOW, I am forced to include that exotic private READ_GMAIL permission to my Manifest. Kevin On 4 mai, 00:43, Kevin Gaudin wrote: > I just declared a default view intent-filter for archive mime-types... > and this is GMail which is calling my Activity, providing a content:// > Uri to the atta

[android-developers] Re: Droid requires specific permission to read GMail attachments ???

2010-05-03 Thread Kevin Gaudin
I just declared a default view intent-filter for archive mime-types... and this is GMail which is calling my Activity, providing a content:// Uri to the attachment. When I try to open that attachment, I am now asked for a permission... this is quite odd. My code is called the same way by any other

Re: [android-developers] Re: Droid requires specific permission to read GMail attachments ???

2010-05-03 Thread Mark Murphy
> But it's quite surprising to learn about this new permission > requirement in a crash-report for one specific device. Developing user- > friendly apps is not possible when the rules change without warning. The rule is: don't try using the Gmail application this way. Again, the Gmail application

[android-developers] Re: Droid requires specific permission to read GMail attachments ???

2010-05-03 Thread Kevin Gaudin
Thank you for your answer. I understand that the GMail app is not part of the SDK and that it can be more secure to inform the user that an app will be able to read it's mail attachments... But it's quite surprising to learn about this new permission requirement in a crash-report for one specific